Lincolnshire Rural & Agricultural Chaplaincy

Registered charity 1195180 CIO Registered since 2021

Operates: Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

3.9y median 5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

13.7y

average years in governance

5 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 9Disability 5Religious Activities 2Environment/conservation/heritage 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience

Property 6Other services 5Education 3

Boards that share trustees

Spital Charity and the DE Aston School Foundation 1 shared trustee
Lincolnshire Methodist District 1 shared trustee
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Springline Parish 1 shared trustee
The Farmers' Club Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
Witham Hall School Trust Limited 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

Lincolnshire Methodist District 1 shared trustee
The Farmers' Club Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
Spital Charity and the DE Aston School Foundation 1 shared trustee
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Springline Parish 1 shared trustee
Witham Hall School Trust Limited 1 shared trustee
Greater London North East County Scout Council Similar size; both Other purposes

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Contact

Website	www.lrac.org.uk
Email	michael.pickles@lrac.org.uk
Phone	07368475454
Address	LINCOLNSHIRE SHOW GROUND, GRANGE-DE-LINGS, LINCOLN, LN2 2NA

Finances

£165,739 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2022	£114,426	£9,134
2023	£58,950	£12,927
2024	£85,172	£13,755
2025	£165,739	£104,159

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisabilityReligious ActivitiesOther Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL HEALTH AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN RURAL GREATER LINCOLNSHIRE BY SUPPORTING AND SECURING THE CONTINUATION OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE AGRICULTURAL CHAPLAINS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. THE CHARITY’S ACTIVITIES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS TO ENCOURAGE ITS BENEFICIARIES TO LIVE BY POSITIVE CHRISTIAN VALUES AND PRINCIPLES. THESE OBJECTS WILL BE ACHIEVED IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: -3.1.1 MAKING GRANTS AND AWARDS TOWARDS COSTS OF MAINTAINING THE LINCOLNSHIRE AGRICULTURAL CHAPLAINS;3.1.2 MAKING GRANTS AND AWARDS TOWARDS THE COSTS OF PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE LINCOLNSHIRE AGRICULTURAL CHAPLAINS; 3.1.3 PROMOTING AND INFORMING THE PUBLIC OF THE WORK UNDERTAKEN BY THE LINCOLNSHIRE AGRICULTURAL CHAPLAINS3.1.4 ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN VALUES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF ALL PERSONS, INCLUDING THOSE OF OTHER FAITHS AND NON, THROUGH PROVIDING THE RURAL COMMUNITY. WITH QUALIFIED, ACCREDITED PASTORAL AND SPIRITUAL RESOURCES, ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF STRUGGLE, PAIN, LOSS AND DISTRESS, IN RECOGNITION OF THE KEY ROLE OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY IN OVERALL HUMAN HEALTH.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 15 Jul 2021

Trustees (9)

9trustees

71median age

3aged 70+

Succession outlook: 3 of 9 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Meryl Suzanne Ward MBEage 65 Chair since 2021
Charlotte Powell since 2025
Jane Hilesage 73 since 2021
John William Lockwood MBEage 71 since 2021
Rev Andrew Hawesage 71 since 2021
Rev IAN Brown OBE since 2021
Sally-ANN Robinson since 2021
Steve Wardage 69 since 2023
The Venerable Gavin Kirk since 2025

Connected charities (5)

Witham Hall School Trust Limited 1 shared trustee
The Farmers' Club Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Springline Parish 1 shared trustee
Spital Charity and the DE Aston School Foundation 1 shared trustee
Lincolnshire Methodist District 1 shared trustee

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